Current Status Bill Number:4296 Type of Legislation:House Resolution HR Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19950601 Primary Sponsor:J. Young All Sponsors:J. Young and McElveen Drafted Document Number:bbm\10368jm.95 Date Bill Passed both Bodies:19950601 Subject:Wortham Wyatt Dibble
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EXPRESSING SORROW AT THE DEATH OF WORTHAM W. DIBBLE OF SUMTER COUNTY, PIONEER IN DEVELOPMENT AND MODERN PROPERTY TAX PLANNING, AND EXTENDING SYMPATHY TO HIS FAMILY AND MANY FRIENDS.
Whereas, Wortham Wyatt Dibble of Sumter County died on May 30, 1995, at the age of eighty; and
Whereas, Mr. Dibble was a graduate of The Citadel with a degree in civil engineering and was the state intercollegiate tennis champion in 1935 and 1936; he was an inductee into The Citadel Athletic Hall of Fame; and
Whereas, after college, he worked briefly at the South Carolina Highway Department and then pursued graduate studies in the late 1930's at the Institute of Traffic Engineering at Harvard University; after World War II, he and the late Wilbur Smith formed Smith Dibble & Company, a consulting firm in the then-novel area of city planning and traffic engineering; and
Whereas, in later years, Mr. Dibble developed an expertise in property taxation; his firm, Dibble & Company, prepared property tax maps and conducted countywide reevaluation projects for a number of county governments in South Carolina, as well as in Mississippi; he also served on several property tax study committees of state government; and
Whereas, Wortham Dibble was an outstanding gentleman and a distinguished South Carolinian and was respected and admired by all who knew him. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:
That the House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, by this resolution, expresses sorrow at the death of Wortham W. Dibble of Sumter County, pioneer in development and modern property tax planning, and extends sympathy to his family and many friends.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to Mr. Dibble's family.